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- Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:26 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: tuff cloth and food
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3049
Vegetable oil of any kind is a bad idea. It will either get gummy and then go rancid or go rancid and then get gummy. Mineral oil is inexpensive and never goes bad. There are some exceptions to this general rule. Coconut oil, for example, is fully saturated and can be stored for many years at room ...
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:17 pm
- Forum: Mule Team Discussion
- Topic: Mule, tool box
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3424
- Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:00 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: How warped is acceptable?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 15788
- Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:48 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: How warped is acceptable?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 15788
FWIW, all four of the latest version I've received are essentially perfectly straight when checked against an expensive machinists' straightedge. I have not encountered any warped Mules in any of the prior runs either. Sal, thank you for your patience and politeness. Thank you also for what remains...
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:20 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: H1 Neck Knife
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5892
Because in a production setting, the grinding must be done on both sides simultaneously so as to keep the steel from warping. by hand, alternating sides every few seconds or so, a flat grind is doable, but when you're talking about a production company trying to put out thousands of knives, it's ju...
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:49 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: How warped is acceptable?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 15788
Well, IIRC, the tip of his worst example was 4.2mm from the table, or about 2.1mm of warping. That's not over just the tang, it's over the whole knife, tip to tang. Over just the tang, we're talking about half of that, or about 1mm. That's roughly what I saw when I put the handle on mine. I had no ...
- Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:44 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: H1 Neck Knife
- Replies: 24
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- Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:30 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: ZDP-189 chipping?
- Replies: 3
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- Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:44 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: How warped is acceptable?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 15788
Are you thinking of sanding it flat the way you do scales of natural wood? That seems like it would be a bear. Epoxy and clamping would, I think, get rid of about half of the tip to tang curvature if it was uniform. Gordon Flattening the tang would be a lot of hand-grinding. I do not trust epoxy to...
- Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:46 am
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: How warped is acceptable?
- Replies: 65
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As the posts to date demonstrate, there are several sides to the issue, and it is this complexity that caused me to ask the question of the forum. I realized when I placed my order that the mule project is of an experimental nature, but did not realize what were my tolerances for acceptable blade de...
- Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:08 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: How warped is acceptable?
- Replies: 65
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How warped is acceptable?
I recently purchased 4 of the 9Cr18Mo mules and today I opened the other 3 to check them out. Of the 4, the first one is the straightest, with the blade tip deviating under 1 mm from centerline. The other 3 are more warped, and I will call CS, but do not want to be a pain about it. How far out is to...
- Wed Oct 28, 2009 3:47 pm
- Forum: Spyderco General Discussion
- Topic: PIC REQUEST, How thick is a Native III compared to a Delica?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3286